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by Mac Olsen The Girouxville Community Hall was busy on Nov. 14, as 35 vendors had their items for sale. It was the annual Girouxville Christmas Show and Sale, organized by Laura Leclerc. “It’s always a good turnout,” says Leclerc.…
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by Tom Henihan McLennan’s Heritage House, “Christmas in November” was a picture perfect event: Fresh snow, a seasonal white cross on the door of St. Paul’s Church and Christmas music issuing softly from bell tower. Inside the Heritage House, the…
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by Tom Henihan The new McLennan Fitness Centre, located in the north wing of Ecole Providence, has been open for 6 weeks with approximately 30 memberships from the immediate community and with members from Donnelly and Falher also. “Some members…
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by Tom Henihan In the immediate aftermath of the Paris terrorist attacks, being concerned or preoccupied with anything else would have seemed callus and indifferent, akin to Nero fiddling while Rome burned. Shamefully, we did fiddle while proverbial Rome burned…
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On Saturday, November 14th, 2015, at the age of 93, Noel Boisvert slipped the surly bonds of earth after a full life well lived. Noel was born on December 25, 1921. He was an avid outdoorsman his entire life, a…
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by Mac Olsen The Guy community hall was filled to capacity on Nov. 5, as 100 delegates converged for the regional Agricultural Services Board meeting. “People took away a lot of information,” says Normand Boulet, agricultural fieldman for the M.D.…
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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20  Aries, things go well this week, but expect a few bumps along the way as well. Learn how to clear these hurdles and you will stay on track. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21  Taurus, keep…
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It’s not too early to start planning for Chrismas, and clients for Grandma’s Den in Falher are doing their part to help needy families. They have collected $118 for Christmas vouchers, and $314 for Operation Christmas Child, for Smoky River…
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by Tom Henihan The Adult Colouring Group at the McLennan Library is definitely proving fashionable with a substantial turnout at each meeting. The group has been getting together for a number of weeks now and the response is positive and…
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by Mac Olsen Albert and Jean Lemire, the former owners of the Falher IGA, received accolades from the new owners on Nov. 12, which was also the day a grand re-opening was held for the store. John Nicolet, a new…
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by Jeff Burgar I am worried. Perhaps you should be too. Oil price? Inching downwards, perhaps soon to be in the $30’s. So why am I paying top dollar at the gasoline pump still? Will such prices save local jobs?…
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